Tomorrow, January 7th, from 6 to 8 pm, former student of Ansel Adams, Bob Kolbrener, will be opening at Fay Gold Gallery.

This Friday, January 9th, at 7:30pm is the opening for Kristen Ashburn’s “Bloodline” at Atlanta Photography Group Gallery. If you haven’t had a chance to see Ashburn’s work, here it is, as an Emmy award-nominated multimedia presentation on mediastorm.

© Kristen Ashburn

There will be an artist’s talk on Saturday, January 31st at 10:30am, and a closing reception on March 6th, at 7:30pm. APG is located on 75 Bennett St., at the Tula Art Center.

ACP 10 participating venue Composition Gallery is having a party on Saturday, January 17th in celebration of the gallery’s 3rd anniversary. Timed with the inauguration, Creative Loafing photographer Joeff Davis’ Obama photographs will be on view, and there’ll be a silent photography auction, jewelry and artwork by Sabra Gallery, and music by Trey Wright.

Composition Gallery
Saturday January 17, 7-11 p.m.
1388 McLendon Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA
678-982-9764

© Joeff Davis

Our neighbors, the Showcase School of Photography, will be hosting two events this month. The first, a reception for Stephen Chapman, who has large pictures from Jekyll Island opening this Friday night. Susan Hadorn (who is on ACP’s Executive Committee) will be speaking about her work on Friday, January 16th.

Stephen Chapman
Large Format images of Jekyll Island - Opening Reception
Friday, January 9 from 6-8pm at The Showcase School

Susan Hadorn, Special Guest Lecturer
Documentary and Fine Art Photography - $10
Friday, January 16 from 6:30-7:30pm at The Showcase School

Tomorrow night, Anna Skillman from Jackson Fine Art will be talking about the show she’s juried (”Anna Skillman Selects“) at Atlanta Photography Group. Anna will be giving a gallery talk at 7:30, followed by a closing reception for the exhibition.

Whitespace, a participating venue in ACP10, has an opening reception for their “December Show” this Saturday, at 7pm. There were be eco-friendly installations, a sustainable tree lot, and work by these artists: Jonathan Bouknight, Lauren Clay, Sarah Emerson, Fereydoon Family, Jody Fausett, Julia Hill, Anne-Marie Manker, Beth Marcum, John Otte, Mark Sandlin, Michele Schuff, Richard Sexton, Caroline Smith, Richard Sudden and Red Weldon-Sandlin.

The “Ten Penny” group show opens tomorrow, Friday the 12th, from 6-9pm at Studioplex. Photographers include Shannon L. Clark, Ben Dashwood, Amber Fouts, Rachel Goldstein, Lee Jones, Carla Lopez, Ryan Nabulsi, Jason Parker, and Frazer Spowart.

Studioplex
659 Auburn Ave., Suite 143
Atlanta, GA

Local photographer Kathryn Kolb has two more book signings this month, and one is tomorrow night, Thursday the 11th, at Charis Bookstore, in Little Five Points, from 6-8pm. On Sat, Dec. 20th, there’ll be a signing at Out of the Blue, a boutique on main street in Blue Ridge, GA, from noon to 4:00pm.

www.dorothyoconnor.com
See "Green," an installation by Dorothy O’Connor
Saturday November 22nd, 7pm to 9:30pm
1371 Fairbanks Street SW
Atlanta, GA 30310

The last opening at an ACP 10 participating venue happens this evening at Opal Gallery, and our friends at MOCA GA have their 7th annual “Off-the-Wall Pin-Up Show and Sale” tonight from 6-9pm.

Kathryn Kolb’s nature photographs open tonight at Thomas Deans Fine Art on Bennett St. Saul Leiter and Michael Kenna are up at Jackson Fine Art, and iRevelar is viewable at Naomi Silva Gallery at the Tula Art Center. Have a look!

Kathryn Kolb @ Thomas Deans Fine Art

Saul Leiter @ Jackson Fine Art

Naomi Silva Gallery

Our friends at SCAD Atlanta are having Open Studios on Thursday, Nov. 13th. The photography, painting, printmaking departments host the ‘Open Studio’ from 7-10pm. Student, Faculty and Alumni work will be shown and available for sale.

SCAD - ATL
1600 Peachtree St. NW
Atlanta GA 30309

On Oct. 25th, The Contemporary hosted a fantastic panel discussion a few weeks ago on Art, Action & Awareness. Stuart Horodner moderated. The panel included Julian Cox, Suzanne Opton, and Laura Poitras. The Contemporary recorded the panel, and here it is, as an mp3.

[Art, Action, & Awareness Panel: mp3 download]

Annie Leibowitz will be giving a talk at Marcus JCC Atlanta as part of their book festival on December 10th. Here’s the ticket information and event details.